Mehmet II (30 March 1432 – 3 May 1481) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1444 to September 1446, and from February 1451 to 1481. He conquered the city of Constantinople, killed the last Byzantine Emperor, Constantine XI and brought the Byzantine Empire to its demise at the age of 21.
Mehmet was the father of Bayezid II and Cem, grandfather of Selim I, Ahmet, and Korkut, and great-grandfather of Suleiman I.
Trivia
- Mehmet is a Turkish variant of the Arabic name Muhammad, "praiseworthy."